Franky LeFleur, the short story of a Chicago legend.
Franklin Leopold Fleur was born in a driftwood shack in a southern Florida bayou on the bright and sunny morning of January 4th, 2003. He was born to a Miss Dorathy Lionel Fleur and a Mister Ebeneery Lorry Fleur. The first few years of his life are widely unknown and unremarkable, but when he turned 8 years old, his family finally moved out of the bayou from south Florida and into the swamps of the Everglades. His dad was a catfish wrangler and his mother was an alligator tooth historian. At age 9 Franky was sent off to play football in a local youth league, as his parents couldn't afford the whole equipment fee, he ended up playing without shoes or a helmet. As a runningback and safety, he quickly impressed all of the local parents and youth coaches with his speed and hard hitting abilities. When he made it into high school, Franky would end up becoming the starting quarterback freshman year, after their senior 4 star prospect disappeared during a hike into the Everglades. In his first season as a high school freshman, he would once again impress local parents and coaches, and even some local JuCo coaches. In his third game of the freshman season he began his gamely ritual of licking both goalposts before every game and eating a whole bag of uncooked hot dogs. His team would win Florida's 7A state championship all four years of him as their quarterback and safety, and he would eventually decide to skip college and attempt to become the first player in history to get drafted to the NSFL without attending college.
Upon finishing high school, Franky would get his first job as a busboy for a local diner. He would bust tables during the day, and at night he would do his unique training routine of sprints through the swamp, tree climbing, and alligator wrestling. Along with these workouts, he would keep up on his hobbies of lil ypad watering and extreme ironing. He also became famous as a recurring guest on the Maury show, where he was famous for never being the father until he found out he was infertile. For the following years he would hop between jobs, landing jobs such as endzone painter for a local middle school, professional stickbug tamer, and a grandmaster handshaker, until he landed his dream job. Becoming a fry cook at a run down Burger King. From 2032 to 2036 Franky turned into one of the most mediocre fry cooks in the history of Burger King, but there was an emptiness in his heart that he just could not seem to fill, with all the success he has had at his job, he just could not figure out what was driving him so crazy. On October 31st, 2037, Franky was pulling a double duty, when he noticed an entire football team walk into the establishment. Franky thought nothing of it, with it being Halloween, and took all of their orders. After taking the Burger King requisite 3 1/5 minutes to serve their food out, Franky chatted up one of the football players, Osiris Firestorm-Fjord. After being pitched about some homemade hotdogs, Franky asked them where they were going trick or treating. After a little bit of chuckling and mocking, Franky discovered they were a new team in the NSFL.
To understand more about Franky LeFleur, you have to learn a little about the 2037 Chicago Butchers. The Butchers were in the process of a blow up and rebuild, thanks to some mismanagement by previous GMs. Through the first six weeks the Butchers were not able to win a single game, until a week 7 victory over the new Hahalua expansion team. For the first 8 weeks of the season, the Butchers were relying on their aging quarterback Rose Jenkins, who was going to be retiring at the end of the year. After a loss to the Outlaws, Rose Jenkins was traded away to the Sailfish for a pick in the upcoming 2038 draft, and the Butchers were looking around for a new quarterback. The team were all on their way back to the airport after saying their goodbyes to Rose when rookie Simeon Works suggested stopping at a Burger King for dinner. It is here where they run into Franky Lefleur. With the need of a quarterback to finish the season off, they decided to do an impromptu tryout in the parking lot of the Burger King. Franky would dazzle the coaches and teammates, as he would deliver perfect thrown passes on every attempt. In an interview with NSFL Magazine, Sean O'Leary called it "single handedly the greatest flinging I've ever seen", and Flinging Franky Lafleur was born. Signed to a one year contract, worth $50 and a $25 Burger King gift card, Franky Lafleur turned in his apron and joined the Butchers for the remainder of the season.
The fanfare for Franky was incredible, and when he marched out onto the field against the hated rival Liberty, he went and did his game day ritual of licking the goalposts. It would be here that his career at quarterback would take a turn for the worst, with him immediately developing COVID-19 as a result. John Smirh was the first person to see something wrong with Franky, as he was off balance and seemed lethargic. After a tough loss, the doctors announced his test results, and even though he was able to continue playing, due to the full body wrap and special helmet he was forced to wear, he was never able to return to his potential. During the off season, he would pen in another one year contract worth $200 and 5 bags of lily pad feed. Having more money than he ever had in his life before, he gave into his indulgence and put on 150 pounds over the course of a month. While this first came of as horrific news to the Butchers faithful, he was then placed on the offensive line to help protect new Butchers quarterback George O'Donnell. Blocking next to Benson Bayley Jr., Franky soon discovered that he was a phenomenal blocker and signed a 5 year extension with the Butchers worth $4629 and an original xbox.
That is the story of Franky LaFleur up until now, raised in a swamp and now one of the best blockers in the NSFL. While his career is sure to carry on, I'm sure Chicago will always remember this hometown legend for all of the hope and dreams he has given to the faithful fans.
Franklin Leopold Fleur was born in a driftwood shack in a southern Florida bayou on the bright and sunny morning of January 4th, 2003. He was born to a Miss Dorathy Lionel Fleur and a Mister Ebeneery Lorry Fleur. The first few years of his life are widely unknown and unremarkable, but when he turned 8 years old, his family finally moved out of the bayou from south Florida and into the swamps of the Everglades. His dad was a catfish wrangler and his mother was an alligator tooth historian. At age 9 Franky was sent off to play football in a local youth league, as his parents couldn't afford the whole equipment fee, he ended up playing without shoes or a helmet. As a runningback and safety, he quickly impressed all of the local parents and youth coaches with his speed and hard hitting abilities. When he made it into high school, Franky would end up becoming the starting quarterback freshman year, after their senior 4 star prospect disappeared during a hike into the Everglades. In his first season as a high school freshman, he would once again impress local parents and coaches, and even some local JuCo coaches. In his third game of the freshman season he began his gamely ritual of licking both goalposts before every game and eating a whole bag of uncooked hot dogs. His team would win Florida's 7A state championship all four years of him as their quarterback and safety, and he would eventually decide to skip college and attempt to become the first player in history to get drafted to the NSFL without attending college.
Upon finishing high school, Franky would get his first job as a busboy for a local diner. He would bust tables during the day, and at night he would do his unique training routine of sprints through the swamp, tree climbing, and alligator wrestling. Along with these workouts, he would keep up on his hobbies of lil ypad watering and extreme ironing. He also became famous as a recurring guest on the Maury show, where he was famous for never being the father until he found out he was infertile. For the following years he would hop between jobs, landing jobs such as endzone painter for a local middle school, professional stickbug tamer, and a grandmaster handshaker, until he landed his dream job. Becoming a fry cook at a run down Burger King. From 2032 to 2036 Franky turned into one of the most mediocre fry cooks in the history of Burger King, but there was an emptiness in his heart that he just could not seem to fill, with all the success he has had at his job, he just could not figure out what was driving him so crazy. On October 31st, 2037, Franky was pulling a double duty, when he noticed an entire football team walk into the establishment. Franky thought nothing of it, with it being Halloween, and took all of their orders. After taking the Burger King requisite 3 1/5 minutes to serve their food out, Franky chatted up one of the football players, Osiris Firestorm-Fjord. After being pitched about some homemade hotdogs, Franky asked them where they were going trick or treating. After a little bit of chuckling and mocking, Franky discovered they were a new team in the NSFL.
To understand more about Franky LeFleur, you have to learn a little about the 2037 Chicago Butchers. The Butchers were in the process of a blow up and rebuild, thanks to some mismanagement by previous GMs. Through the first six weeks the Butchers were not able to win a single game, until a week 7 victory over the new Hahalua expansion team. For the first 8 weeks of the season, the Butchers were relying on their aging quarterback Rose Jenkins, who was going to be retiring at the end of the year. After a loss to the Outlaws, Rose Jenkins was traded away to the Sailfish for a pick in the upcoming 2038 draft, and the Butchers were looking around for a new quarterback. The team were all on their way back to the airport after saying their goodbyes to Rose when rookie Simeon Works suggested stopping at a Burger King for dinner. It is here where they run into Franky Lefleur. With the need of a quarterback to finish the season off, they decided to do an impromptu tryout in the parking lot of the Burger King. Franky would dazzle the coaches and teammates, as he would deliver perfect thrown passes on every attempt. In an interview with NSFL Magazine, Sean O'Leary called it "single handedly the greatest flinging I've ever seen", and Flinging Franky Lafleur was born. Signed to a one year contract, worth $50 and a $25 Burger King gift card, Franky Lafleur turned in his apron and joined the Butchers for the remainder of the season.
The fanfare for Franky was incredible, and when he marched out onto the field against the hated rival Liberty, he went and did his game day ritual of licking the goalposts. It would be here that his career at quarterback would take a turn for the worst, with him immediately developing COVID-19 as a result. John Smirh was the first person to see something wrong with Franky, as he was off balance and seemed lethargic. After a tough loss, the doctors announced his test results, and even though he was able to continue playing, due to the full body wrap and special helmet he was forced to wear, he was never able to return to his potential. During the off season, he would pen in another one year contract worth $200 and 5 bags of lily pad feed. Having more money than he ever had in his life before, he gave into his indulgence and put on 150 pounds over the course of a month. While this first came of as horrific news to the Butchers faithful, he was then placed on the offensive line to help protect new Butchers quarterback George O'Donnell. Blocking next to Benson Bayley Jr., Franky soon discovered that he was a phenomenal blocker and signed a 5 year extension with the Butchers worth $4629 and an original xbox.
That is the story of Franky LaFleur up until now, raised in a swamp and now one of the best blockers in the NSFL. While his career is sure to carry on, I'm sure Chicago will always remember this hometown legend for all of the hope and dreams he has given to the faithful fans.
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